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Capital, Editor's letter, Financial Stability, Uncategorized
September 8, 2023

Editor's letter: Your weekly news round-up

For some bankers, the week can’t end soon enough. Plans by US...
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Capital, News, Regulation & Supervision
August 21, 2023

Compliance demands frustrate bank M&A deals

Rising regulatory and compliance demands are holding up mergers and acquisitions among...
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Capital, Financial Stability, News
August 10, 2023

Capital hikes threaten to upend banks’ business lines

Proposed changes to US capital requirements will threaten the “business viability” of...
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Analysis, Capital, Regulation & Supervision
July 27, 2023

Canadian and Australian regulators square up to housing markets risks

Epic housing bubbles are threatening financial stability in high-income countries as the...
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Analysis, Capital, Regulation & Supervision
July 10, 2023

Hong Kong regulator simplifies banking system

Large banks operating in Hong Kong will likely merge with smaller deposit-taking...
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Capital, Prudential
May 2, 2023

BCBS to review Basel III in the wake of recent bank failures

Recent bank failures in the US and the demise of Credit Suisse...
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Caroline Liesegang
Capital, Prudential
03/03/2023

EU looks set for significant Basel III deviations

Finance and regulation experts are startled at how much the EU is deviating from Basel guidelines in its latest banking reforms, raising fears of non-compliance with international banking standards. Basel... Read more
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Capital, Prudential
02/03/2023

Basel III capital ratios for largest global banks fall to pre-pandemic levels

Ratios fell from their H2 2021 record highs to pre-pandemic levels in the latest Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Basel III Monitoring Report Basel III capital ratios for a sample of... Read more
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Japanese banks
Capital, Prudential
02/02/2023

Basel III implementation delays create challenges and opportunities for APAC banks

For smaller Asia-Pacific economies Basel III implementation is proving less complex than for international peers, while its bigger players must pay close heed to regulatory approaches in key markets such... Read more
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Capital, Prudential
01/02/2023

European Parliament adopts position on Basel III reforms

The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee voted on January 24 to adopt several changes to the Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive. The votes finalised... Read more
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In its third evaluation report on the global crisis financial reforms, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said bank resilience has increased with even greater strides seen from firms most impacted by the reforms helping to reduce systemic risk. 
Capital, Prudential
04/01/2023

Basel Committee finds Basel III has boosted resilience of previously weak banks

The report, published on December 14, is also the Committee’s first holistic evaluation of the impact and efficacy of the Basel III reforms. One of the report’s main findings was... Read more
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